{"id":20592,"date":"2026-08-31T04:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/greeces-programme-for-august-31\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T04:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:38:46","slug":"greeces-programme-for-august-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/31\/greeces-programme-for-august-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece\u2019s Programme for August 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h3>Team Greece faces a packed schedule on Monday, August 31, at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, with Greek athletes competing across rowing, shooting, table tennis, sailing, weightlifting, gymnastics, athletics, 3\u00d73 basketball, tennis and handball.<\/h3>\n<p>Several Greek athletes will compete in medal finals, while others begin their campaigns in qualification rounds and preliminary heats.<\/p>\n<h3>Rowing<\/h3>\n<p>Greek rowers begin competition in the morning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>09:00 \u2013 Evangelia Anastasiadou \u2014 Women\u2019s Single Sculls, Heat 1<\/li>\n<li>09:20 \u2013 Stefanos Ntouskos \u2014 Men\u2019s Single Sculls, Heat 1<\/li>\n<li>09:50 \u2013 Zoi Fitsiou \u2014 Lightweight Women\u2019s Single Sculls, Heat 2<\/li>\n<li>10:10 \u2013 Petros Gaidatzis \u2014 Lightweight Men\u2019s Single Sculls, Heat 2<\/li>\n<li>10:20 \u2013 Christina Bourbou \/ Eleni Diavati \u2014 Women\u2019s Double Sculls, Preliminary Race<\/li>\n<li>10:30 \u2013 K. Giannoulis \/ Cholopoulos \u2014 Men\u2019s Double Sculls, Heat 1<\/li>\n<li>10:50 \u2013 Pashalina Mouratidou \/ Gabriela Lioliou \u2014 Lightweight Women\u2019s Double Sculls, Heat 1<\/li>\n<li>11:00 \u2013 Paris Rafael Kotsias \/ Angelos Athanasiadis \u2014 Lightweight Men\u2019s Double Sculls, Heat 1<\/li>\n<li>12:30 \u2013 Stefanos Ntouskos \/ Evangelia Anastasiadou \u2014 Mixed Double Sculls, Heat 2<\/li>\n<li>12:50 \u2013 Petros Gaidatzis \/ Zoi Fitsiou \u2014 Lightweight Mixed Double Sculls, Heat 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Shooting<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 \u2013 Gabrerakis \/ Michelaki \u2014 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, Qualification Stage 1<\/li>\n<li>11:30 \u2013 Mastrodiamithropoulos \/ Papakanelou \u2014 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, Qualification Stage 2<\/li>\n<li>13:30 \u2013 Team Hellas \u2014 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team, Final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Table Tennis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 \u2013 Katerina Toliou \u2014 Women\u2019s Singles, Round of 32 (GRE\u2013TUN)<\/li>\n<li>11:30 \u2013 Georgios Stamatouros \u2014 Men\u2019s Singles, Round of 32 (GRE\u2013TUN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sailing<\/h3>\n<p>All four Greek entries compete at 12:00:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Varvara Portolou \/ Ermioni Gkika \u2014 ILCA 6 Series, Race 7<\/li>\n<li>Marios Stathas \/ Adamantios Petrianos \u2014 ILCA 7 Series, Race 7<\/li>\n<li>Alexandros Kokkinakis \/ Petros Kontarinis \u2014 IQFOIL Series, Race 8<\/li>\n<li>Danae Pontifex \/ Danae Giannouli \u2014 IQFOIL Series, Race 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weightlifting<\/h3>\n<p>Greek lifters compete in three women\u2019s and men\u2019s events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:00 \u2013 Maria Stratoudaki \u2014 Women\u2019s 53kg, Snatch<\/li>\n<li>11:00 \u2013 Maria Stratoudaki \u2014 Women\u2019s 53kg, Clean &amp; Jerk<\/li>\n<li>13:00 \u2013 Konstantinos Lambridis \u2014 Men\u2019s 65kg, Snatch<\/li>\n<li>14:00 \u2013 Konstantinos Lambridis \u2014 Men\u2019s 65kg, Clean &amp; Jerk<\/li>\n<li>16:00 \u2013 Maria Kardara \u2014 Women\u2019s 61kg, Snatch<\/li>\n<li>17:00 \u2013 Maria Kardara \u2014 Women\u2019s 61kg, Clean &amp; Jerk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Artistic Gymnastics<\/h3>\n<p>The Greek men\u2019s team competes in the All-Around from 14:00:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apostolos Kanellos<\/li>\n<li>Emmanouil Stoupakis<\/li>\n<li>Stefanos Tsolakidis<\/li>\n<li>Christos Tsinggelidis<\/li>\n<li>Antonios Tantalidis<\/li>\n<li>Ioannis Chronopoulos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Athletics<\/h3>\n<p>A busy evening awaits Team Hellas in athletics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>17:37 \u2013 Anastasia Rapti \u2014 Women\u2019s 400m, Round 1, Heat 2<\/li>\n<li>17:45 \u2013 Panagiota Dosi \u2014 Women\u2019s High Jump, Final<\/li>\n<li>17:50 \u2013 Spyridon Ioannis Konidaris \u2014 Men\u2019s 400m, Round 1, Heat 1<\/li>\n<li>18:00 \u2013 Dimitrios Pavlidis \u2014 Men\u2019s Discus, Final<\/li>\n<li>18:10 \u2013 Natalia Besi \u2014 Women\u2019s Long Jump, Final<\/li>\n<li>18:45 \u2013 Emmanouela Plaka \u2014 Women\u2019s 800m, Final<\/li>\n<li>19:05 \u2013 Maria Magoulia \u2014 Women\u2019s Shot Put, Final<\/li>\n<li>20:00 \u2013 E. Emmanouilidou \/ S. Spanoudaki \/ Iosifidou \/ Tsoukala \u2014 Women\u2019s 4x100m, Final<\/li>\n<li>20:15 \u2013 Vosk\u03bfpoulos \/ Myrianthopoulos \/ Garagkanis \/ Panagiotopoulos \u2014 Men\u2019s 4x100m, Final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3\u00d73 Basketball<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>17:35 \u2013 Women\u2019s team \u2014 Round of 16<\/li>\n<li>19:00 \u2013 Men\u2019s team \u2014 Round of 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tennis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>20:00 \u2013 Martha Matoula \u2014 Women\u2019s Singles, Final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Handball<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>20:00 \u2013 Men\u2019s Final: Egypt vs Greece<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team Hellas will therefore have several opportunities to challenge for medals throughout the day, with finals in shooting, athletics, tennis and handball among the key events on the August 31 programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t3&#215;3 basketball, athletics, Greece, Greek athletes, handball, Mediterranean Games, rowing, shooting, Taranto 2026, Team Hellas, tennis, weightlifting\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74a7af42a3ee68b1eb9b880b91e3e713144e269e50db87b04a35501c8e1351f8?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74a7af42a3ee68b1eb9b880b91e3e713144e269e50db87b04a35501c8e1351f8?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Kosta Papadopoulos<\/h5>\n<p>Kosta Papadopoulos is an editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, travel, sport, and entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/31\/mediterranean-games-taranto-greeces-programme-for-august-31\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Greece faces a packed schedule on Monday, August 31, at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, with Greek athletes competing across rowing, shooting, table tennis, sailing, weightlifting, gymnastics, athletics, 3\u00d73 basketball, tennis and handball. 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